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On the date
Sunday, June 3, 1979
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The Headlines
A. T. & T. Land Purchases Are Stirring Uneasiness
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love You Inside Out
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Alien
$1,965,402
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Raúl Castro (1931)
- George V (1865)
- Josephine Baker (1906)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926)
- Jefferson Davis (1808)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,169 days ago
(47 years, 14 days)